The lin-4 gene controls fat accumulation and longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4814-4825

  Zhu, Chun ^a   Ji, Chen Bo ^b   Zhang, Chun Mei ^a   Gao, Chun Lin ^b   Zhu, Jin Gai ^b   Qin, Da Ni ^b   Kou, Chun Zhao ^b   Zhu, Guan Zhong ^b   Shi, Chun Mei ^b   Guo, Xi Rong ^a  

^a WOMEN S HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Fat accumulation; Life span; Lin 4; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROFLUORESCEIN; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROTEIN LIN 4; PROTEIN OGA 1; PROTEIN SBP 1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HELMINTH DNA; HELMINTH RNA; LIN-4 MICRORNA, C ELEGANS; SBP-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; LIFESPAN; LIPID STORAGE; LONGEVITY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGEVITY; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 78650986355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms11124814     Document Type: Article

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